The film follows the enigmatic Ben Thomas, who spends his time donating whatever organs he can to seven unfortunate people to atone for something that is revealed over the course of the film. During this time, he meets Emily Posa, an Ill Girl who has both a rare heart condition and a rare blood type. As he soon falls in love with Emily and helps her out, he is soon left with a painful decision that may or may not be easy to figure out, especially when his past comes back to haunt him and the illness worsens for Emily.

Gambit Roulette: In order to pull off what Tim did, one would have to put a lot of faith in God to pull off several miracles, such as disabling a certain neurotoxin so his organs would be in working order.

Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer left much to be explained about the movie, which was both its charm and its downfall. Some movie fans thought it was nice that it didn't ruin all the plot details; others ended up utterly confused as to what the movie was about. The film itself was like that too, until the very end.

Oscar Bait: The movie was clearly made with the purpose of winning Smith the Best Actor Oscar which he didn't get for The Pursuit of Happyness. It didn't even get nominated.

The Reveal: Ben is not really Ben. Ben is really Tim Thomas, having stolen his brother Ben's IRS credentials in order to use the privileges and power they carry to assist in his mission of atonement.

Sadistic Choice: Tim had one hell of a choice to make: spend a month with the woman you love or commit suicide to give her your heart so she can live out her life to the fullest. Life sucks, dunnit?

Secret Test of Character: Tim's abusive phone call to Ezra, who passes the test by not growing a spine. Which is another great lesson. There is a way to be 'good' and have a spine. Accepting abuse doesn't make you good, and people like Ezra who work in customer service are told to never lash out at customers, no matter what. Ezra was just doing his job the way he had been trained, and thus, he passes the test.

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